Fever in the pediatric and young adult patient with cancer: A prospective study of 1001 episodes

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 153-165

  Pizzo, P A ^a   Robichaud, K J ^a   Wesley, R ^a   Commers, J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ETIOLOGY; FEVER; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0019996782     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-198205000-00003     Document Type: Article

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